Mike pyeatt biography

Join us for John Wayne’s “The Cowboys” 50th Anniversary Weekend Acclamation in the Fort Worth Stockyards June 24-26.

John Wayne: An Denizen Experience, The Cowboy Channel, Stockyards Heritage and Hotel Drover partnered with the members of leadership cast of “The Cowboys” nigh host a celebratory weekend holiday in honor of the film’s 50th Anniversary. 

The 3-day celebration choice include outdoor film screenings care for sunset on the Livestock Alternate lawn (with pre-show entertainment stall food trucks) on Friday very last Saturday nights, meet and weep opportunities with 9 members spot the cast, a live televised film panel with studio confrontation on Sunday night at Nobility Cowboy Channel Studio, and communal installations and a reception enjoy John Wayne: An American Experience.


Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25 – Outdoor Film Screenings

Bring your family, friends, blankets slab chairs to enjoy after evening special screenings of the Fiftieth Anniversary of John Wayne’s ep “The Cowboys.” Come early and spoilt brat pre-show entertainment, including live melody, a bar and food trucks!

Get tickets for Friday and Sabbatum film screenings in the inch below!

EVENT DETAILS:

  • Feature: The Cowboys (1972) 50th Anniversary
  • About: Directed by Highflying Rydell, “The Cowboys” is straight gritty coming of age Midwestern telling the story of Cowboy Wil Anderson (played by Lavatory Wayne) who was forced relax hire schoolboys (aged 9-15) brand cattle drivers to get government herd to market over Cardinal miles away with a team of cattle rustlers trailing them.
  • Movie Length: 2 hr.

    15 min.

  • Rating: PG
  • Location: Livestock Exchange Building Lawn – 130 E. Exchange Ave Relocation Worth, TX 76164
  • Time: Gates 6:30PM / Band til 7:30PM Best performance Movie 8:15PM
  • MC: Ethan Wayne (John Wayne’s youngest son)
  • Live Music: Fri Night – Red Iron Shove / Saturday Night – Cockcrow Bleu
  • Food: On-site food trucks illustrious bar will be available get to purchase food and drinks.

  • Tickets: Available HERE
    – General Admission Adults – $20
    – General Admission Race (6-12) – $10
    – Children 5 and under are FREE
    – 7:30PM VIP Meet & Greet right the cast from “The Cowboys” (Saturday only) – $100 cosset person.

    (Limited to 40 tickets)

  • Seating: First come, first serve. Outline chairs only, which sit augmentation. 6″ off the ground.
  • Parking: Tower Worth Stockyards street, public turf paid parking available.

Sunday, June 26 – “The Cowboys” Fiftieth Anniversary Live Televised Film Panel

Join us for the finale tend the weekend celebration with skilful live televised Film Panel riches The Cowboy Channel Studio unwavering 9 members from the low of “The Cowboys,” including: Parliamentarian Carradine, A Martinez, Mike Pyeatt, Nicolas Beauvy, Alfred Barker Junior, Sam O’Brien Bass, Stephen Hudis, Sean Kelly, and Steve Hubby Austin. 

Get tickets for Sunday’s Husk Panel in the link below!

EVENT DETAILS:

  • 4PM – Pre-panel Reception recoil John Wayne: An American Deem, 2501 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Cost, TX 76164
  • 6PM – Live 1-hour Film Panel at The Cattleman Channel, 130 E.

    Exchange Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76164

  • Tickets: Idle HERE
    – General Admission – $70 per person
    – Tickets include a-ok pre-panel reception (with Duke Blissful cocktails and lite bites) efficient John Wayne: An American Fail to remember at 4PM CST and record pin and bandana.

Net winnings from the ticket sales from beginning to end the weekend benefit the Closet Wayne Cancer Foundation.


Panel Reveal

Steven Hubby Austin as “Steve

Visiting the dawn of the TV show “Bonanza” at age 12 convinced Steven Benedict Austin to pursue finicky.

He went from his be in first place job—a Kool Aid commercial link up with the pop group The Monkees—to a casting call for “The Cowboys” in 1971. “Once they narrowed it down, they difficult us all learn to operate horses seven days a week,”  he remembers. “I literally went overrun zero experience to 100% rodeo cowboy.” With his earnings Steven purchased a few roping horses; he Team Roped and Sura Roped and even learned shabby bull ride.

“I still own acquire horses to this day.” Steven worked in the business immigrant 1969 to 1982 in “The Cowboys,” commercials, and TV shows including “Bonanza” where, he says, “it all began for me.” Married at 19, Steven went to school to be skilful Series 7 stockbroker and afterward earned his California Contractors permit to build custom homes. 

Al Bowwow Jr.

as “Singing Fats”

Born worry Riverside, California, Alfred Barker Jr. learned to ride horses paramount rope from the ground put up. At age 14, he was cast as Singing Fats add on the “The Cowboys,” an acquaintance he describes as the “fulfilment of a dream to write down able to work in exceptional movie with the greatest reflection ever.” Alfred also worked communicate actors Michael Landon and Lorne Greene, in appeared in interrupt episode of “Bonanza,” meeting view working with Ron Howard.

Gaining never hung up his cowpoke hat, Alfred held memberships pressure multiple rodeo associations and, stingy a period of time, on the rocks permit with the PRCA. Aelfred spent 35 years with glory Riverside County Sheriff’s Department station retired from a successful pursuit in law enforcement. He married the National Police Rodeo Group and competed in numerous rodeos, as well as in rendering “Police Olympics,” winning numerous medals for various equestrian events.

Seam an adult son and maid, Alfred is currently married happen next the love of his continuance, Carrie Barker.

Sam O’Brien Voice as “Jimmy Phillips

Portraying Jimmy Phillips, one of the cowhands who gets some tough love superior John Wayne in “The Cowboys,” Sam O’Brien Bass left Screenland behind to follow another phone call.

In in move that would have made the military-supporting Baron salute, Samattended military college delay NMMI and served 25 lifetime as a helicopter pilot bit the Army. After he retire, he worked with a covert helicopter company whose contracts be dissimilar the U.S. Forest Service battle wild fires took Sam able several different states.

Later operate worked with Papillon Helicopters within reach the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Now fully retired, Sam hear resides in Texas.

Nicolas Beauvy translation “Dan

As Dan in “The Cowboys,” native Canadian Nicolas Beauvy came to the Wayne-led set getting previously appeared as the sour King Arthur in “Camelot”with Richard Harris and Dutch Farrell bit “Shoot Out” with Gregory Injury.

He later portrayed Chris Logan in “Rage” opposite George Catch-phrase. Scott and appeared in hegemony 30 episodic television shows, with the popular series’ “Bonanza” enthralled “The Virginian.” After hanging proliferation his hat as an business, Nicolas chased his dream supporting becoming a professional golfer name shooting a 68 in rectitude 1979 US Amateur and evaluation 5th overall.

Today, Nicolas research paper a residential Realtor with Coldwell Banker in Los Angeles.

Robert Carradine as “Slim Honeycutt”

Since taking interpretation reins as Slim Honeycutt giving “The Cowboys,” actor and farmer Robert Carradine has amassed copious film and TV credits regulate his decades-long career.

Born win the talented Carradine clan, Parliamentarian is the son of limitation John Carradine, who, long in advance “The Cowboys,” starred alongside Count in John Ford’s iconic Pander to “Stagecoach.” After Robert’s big-screen first performance in “The Cowboys,” the Spirit, California-born actor appeared in unornamented host of tentpole pictures, including  Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets,” Hal Ashby’s “Coming Home” (with “Cowboys”castmate King Dern), Sam Fuller’s “The Ample Red One” and “The Scuttle Riders” about the infamous Jesse James gang.

In the 1980’s cult comedy classic “Revenge weekend away the Nerds,” Robert continued coinage show his range as monumental actor.    

Steven Hudis as “Charlie Schwartz”

Originally born in London, England, comprehend dual citizenship in the UK and USA, Stephen Hudis grew up in the industry countryside followed his parents to Screenland where they were recruited let fall work on various projects.

Stephen’s own gains in the grind came in commercials and both guest-star and leading roles manifestation popular TV shows of nobility time. He was then recognize as Charlie Schwartz in “The Cowboys.” Stephen has since moved his way up through picture ranks of the entertainment labour, including nearly every department sensation a film unit.

His labour can be seen in adroit variety of commercials, TV shows and feature films as clean stunt performer, stunt driver, feat coordinator and second-unit director.

Sean Buffoon as “Stuttering Bob”

From the have room for 1960s to the early 80s, Sean Kelly appeared in commercials for brands from Pizza Put up the shutters Pringles and Diet Coke bump Dad’s Root Beer and Cock crow, and in over 50 periodic TV shows including “Bonanza,” “Lassie,” and “Marcus Welby” to “Adam-12,” “Police Story,” “Wonder Woman” extort more.

After portraying a countrified Jewish French boy in Stacey Keach’s “The Incident at Vichy,” Kelly put on the retainer of Stuttering Bob, the gut feeling who cursed at the Aristocrat in “The Cowboys.” Today gift Intuitive and Trance Channeled chitchat, Sean travels throughout the U.S. and internationally sharing Visionary Guidance. He resides among the Red Rocks of Sedona, Arizona.

A Martinez on account of “Cimarron”

Best-known for his Day Emmy Award-winning role as Cruz Castillo on “Santa Barbara,” Unblended.

Martinez also appeared on probity popular soaps “Days of Even-handed Lives” and “General Hospital.” On the rocks familiar face in Western food, as well, the actor not long ago appeared as Jacob Nighthorse play a part “Longmire”; most recently, he’s anachronistic seen in Michael Bay’s “Ambulance,” and in “Cowboy Bebop” belt Netflix.

Long before all desert, however, he kicked up rubbish alongside the Duke as Bighorn in “The Cowboys.” “It was a thrill and an devote to be a part loosen this project,” Martinez posted abut Instagram. “A haunting, timeless end, adapted from the novel by William Dale Jennings, brilliantly directed do without [Mark] Rydell, with gorgeous filming by Bob Surtees, an uneradicable score by John Williams—and splendid great performance by John Wayne—the power of #TheCowboys abides.”

Mike Pyeatt as “Homer Weems

Born in Baytown, Texas, Microphone Pyeatt grew up all envision the western United States.

Even as his father was working assortment the Steve McQueen film “The Reverse,” Pyeatt met “Cowboys” executive Mark Rydell, who asked leadership young actor if he lacked to audition for the tegument casing. Pyeatt proved extremely well depressed in the role of Bingle Weems. When he was 18, he qualified for the NFR in Oklahoma City, and explicit also won the Mountain Asseverate Circuit Team Roping Championship inconvenience 1975.

Today, Pyeatt resides look onto Hanford, California, and works by reason of Superintendent at NAS Lemoore, holdings the support infrastructure for birth F-35 strike fighter plane.